You are doing mental gymnastics at this point.
I advise you to read the definition of a shonen and what the "damsel in distress" narrative device means.
You are imagining random scenarios that can't happen in that context.
We know how Oda writes this story from previous arcs, it's always the same narrative device and the manga is a shonen.
Okay but you’re also ignoring what’s happening in the story… You are ignoring that Saturn already said Bonney has to get stronger from seeing Nika… you are ignoring the 50 pacifista… you are ignoring that we still don’t know how Kuma can move meaning there’s nothing stopping him from restarting and punching Saturn again
I mean if your argument is that “This is how Oda wrote the previous arcs” then there’s the obvious issue in your argument that there’s many more different things this arc than before
1. there are no henchmen this arc… There is no Doffy family or beast pirates that everyone but Luffy can fight
2. there’s two significant villains this arc… Interestingly enough, whenever this happens, Oda makes it a point to spotlight the person who beats the other villain… in punk hazard, Law beat Vergo who was stronger than Caeser who Luffy beat… this is the only time in the story that another person beat the strongest villain (except that time Zoro did it)… And in Wano, Luffy beat Kaido and got 3 billion berries, but Law and kid beat Big mom and got 6 billion berries for that (even this this was stupid, it still happened)
3. Bonney is clearly the most competent fighter among the “damsels in distress”… Like you are missing the part where the damsels are all weaklings in every other arc… Bonney is not only already competent, she’s directly set up to get MORE POWERFUL as the arc progresses… And not only that, her power up is directly already connected to the defeat of Saturn… Bonney is getting the Nika power up… the thing that’s implied to be Saturn’s downfall